title: Astigmatic change after myopic spherical excimer PRK.
abstract: 85 Patients who underwent a spherical PRK with an average of 6.08 dptr. and who could be followed over a period of 1 year were evaluated. After 1 year an average induced astigmatism of 0.58 dptr. was found. There seems to be a correlation between induced astigmatism and depth of PRK but not between induced astigmatism and pre-existent astigmatism. In cases of decentrated PRK a spontaneous regression of laser-induced astigmatism could be observed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hennekes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001251:Astigmatism / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003315:Cornea / Q000473:pathology; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D054018:Lasers, Excimer; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009216:Myopia / Q000601:surgery*; D018903:Photorefractive Keratectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012029:Refraction, Ocular; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous